An Online Betting Dictionary
Regardless of the reality that web betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign up each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in web betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of funds required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a number, or the 1st roll after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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